Dozens of people have been abducted in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group originally
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World Bank approves locust loans for East Africa
The World Bank has approved $500m (£409m) in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in East Africa and the Middle East cope after swarms
Tanzanian comic detained ‘for bullying the president’
Popular Tanzanian comedian and former Big Brother Africa winner Idris Sultan is being held by police for allegedly bullying President John Magufuli. According to his
Kenyan husband arrested for attempting to seal up his wife’s vagina with super glue
A Kenyan husband who allegedly attempted to seal up his wife’s sexual organs with super glue because he believed she was having four affairs, has
COVID-19: 10 New Cases Reported as Total is Revised to 145
Ministry of Health has confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases, 9 of these new cases are truck drivers while one is contact of a confirmed truck
Coronavirus: Klopp dons face covering as Liverpool return to training
Jurgen Klopp was pictured heading into Liverpool’s Melwood facility donning a face covering as the Reds prepared to resume training. The runaway Premier League leaders
Coronavirus: Premier League clubs near contact-training approval, mid-June return
Premier League clubs could receive approval to resume contact training as early as this week before restarting the season in mid-June. Teams returned to training
Burundi election: Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp blocked
Burundi has blocked social media platforms on election day as voters choose a leader to replace long-serving president Pierre Nkurunziza. The BBC has confirmed that
UN chief praises Africa’s ‘swift’ Covid-19 response
UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Africa’s “swift” response to the coronavirus pandemic, with reported cases much lower than initially feared. He said in
Police ‘close shops without wash-points’
Police in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, have closed shops that had not installed wash-points, the New Vision newspaper reports. The authorities were following the president’s new